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★ INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER ★
★ SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ★

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as “a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm your heart and heal your soul.”—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop)

“The warmest, loveliest book I’ve read in ages.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Coming Oct 2025

An almost-mage discovers friendship—and maybe something more—in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel described as “the perfect cosy fantasy.”—Olivia Atwater, Author of Half a Soul)

"Absolute perfection…gloriously sweet and extraordinarily delightful!”—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

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View fullsize AHH! I am over the moon to share that THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES has been longlisted for the BSFA Award in the Best Novel category!!! Truly honoured to be included alongside both fellow debuts and authors I've admired for years, and endlessly grate
View fullsize I was very confused this morning when writing friends congratulated me on making the USA Today bestseller list. "Thank you!" I said. "But that was over two months ago?" And then they told me to check today's list. Somehow, The Te
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View fullsize Time for another wee bio update: I'm so very, very thrilled to share that The Teller of Small Fortunes is officially ALSO a Sunday Times bestseller! And the cherry on top is that I got to pick up my own physical copy of the Sunday Times as proof whil